Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to inform the House that the Canada-wide Science Fair 1998 is being held this week in Timmins, Ontario, welcoming over 600 participants, judges, parents and visitors to this prestigious and popular event.
This is not only an opportunity for young Canadian scientists to display their projects and compete for awards, it is also an excellent occasion to celebrate individual endeavours through a collective appreciation of a discipline which is becoming one of Canada's richest resources.
The Canada-wide science fair highlights the diversity of these scientific projects and the creativity of our young people, with whom rests our hope for the future. The initiative of putting this fair together under the theme “earth's resources” should be commended.
I would like to publicly thank the organizing committee of the science fair, the many volunteers and especially the young competitors for their hard work and dedication throughout the past year.
These young people will show how they lived up to the challenge through their science projects, and we will be there to applaud their masterpieces—